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Hmmm, the quick connector 'Bullets' you are talking about would probably rattle if there is any slack in the cables. Maybe some construction grade double sided tape like they use when putting up mirrors in new homes might be strong enough to hold/anchor things once threaded in place? It would need to be placed just underneath the arched top inside any holes where a pinky could assist locating cables to be caught in this version of a fly trap.
Thanks Waz, I took your advice on board and have scrapped that idea.
Finally got into the glueieness of the kingdom of the neck
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and the shielding of the valley of the cavitys
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and the sandiness of the abolone dottage
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Mmmmm, very noice.
I'm loving the look of this!
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A couple of steps forward and now quite a few back.
Got the wiring done, looks like frankenstein.
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Worked fine outside the body. the problem was putting it inside. I used full sized Gotoh pots, which are some of the biggest you can get.....whilst I like them...not the best choice for this build. I ended up snapping some of the solder joins trying to pry them into the guitar and had to resolder. I thought i'd fixed it all but alas, once I had it all in place.....she no work....I must have stuffed a few.
sooooooooo
I've ordered CTS mini pots and will rewire the lot.....I'll use the gotohs on another LP copy i got lying around.....twas a good excuse to buy more toneriders....
wow looking nice, shame about the typical ES wiring woes
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Rewired this baby on the weekend. took me 5 solid hours to wire it up and install using Gav tube technique (thanks Gav)
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The mini CTS Audio Pots slide right in!
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encountered a bit of a problem, when i was pushing the neck volume knob on, I pushed too hard and busted out the bottom of the pot! had to pull the whole loom out to put the pot back together (that'll learn me). When i was pulling off the neck tone knob to take the loom out i pulled the shaft straight out of the pot! DOH DOH DOH DOH!!!
One day i'll finish this build.
Its okay I put it back together and re-installed. I've left the knobs off the for time being till I calm down.
hey Andy well done getting it working, it really does your head in when you get the problems you did.
Now I know why I haven't seriously contemplated doing a hollow body yet.
Took me about 4 hours just rewiring the EX-5 yesterday mainly because I haven't done any for a while and had to keep running into another room where the EX-1 was opened up as a reference for what I was trying to achieve. Could probably do it all again tomorrow in less than half that time now I know what goes where, but ask me in another 6 months and most will probably be forgotten.
Coming soon.....
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Sneak Peak of that frequensator.
oooooh....ahhhhhhhh :D tease
Blimey!! Cant wait to see the whole thing.
Cheers,
Gav.
Me too! I do have a thing for these hollow bodies
Looks like you earned your shot of Jameson Scotch at this stage of the build.
Sweet axe, why does black and white look so darn great!
Thanks guys!
Got the knobs on after some mucking around.....
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Just got some tweaking to do, I've got to source a 3 ply truss rod cover as the kit one looks a bit out of place. The action is too high at the moment and its caneing my fingers, so ive got to fix that.
As Stan pointed out some time ago...black shows up everything! there are fine scratches all over this thing even though i polished it to buggery....does that swirl remover stuff help?
BTW the Rebel 90's growl!!!!!
Looking great Andy. As you've mentioned, black shows up every little imperfection. I think if I was to do one, I'd make it metallic to hide some of those imperfections as much as possible.
If you have Meguires ScratchX you might be able to remove some of them. Perhaps try in an inconspicuous spot.
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That Meguiars ScratchX really did the job. Thanks Zandit.
She's pretty much done now. Shows what you can do with a stuffed veneer.
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Hey Andy, very sexy indeed. So much so I can almost hear the Barry White soundtrack playing in the background haha.
Looks lovely. Well done!
Re the scratches; it may be you were moving up the grades too quickly, and not removing the marks from the previous grade's efforts. Were you using the micromesh wet or dry? For polishing paintwork, I'll always use it wet to avoid any clogging. Also they recommend not using any real force on micromesh as this negates the cushioning effect of the soft backing.
Beautiful Andy! Glad my suggestion worked for you. Now you just need to use your compressor and blow the dust off before taking more photos!!!:p:cool:
Bravo Andy , that's beautiful
Thanks guys.
Simon, I think you are right. It was my first time using acrylic rattle cans and I honestly don't remember the sanding process it was so long ago.